Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships within the green algal genus Codium (Bryopsidales) based on plastid DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 240-254

  Verbruggen, Heroen ^a   Leliaert, Frederik ^a   Maggs, Christine A ^b   Shimada, Satoshi ^c   Schils, Tom ^a   Provan, Jim ^b   Booth, David ^b   Murphy, Sue ^b   De Clerck, Olivier ^a   Littler, Diane S ^d   Littler, Mark M ^d   Coppejans, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic marine algae; Codium; Marine biogeography; Molecular clock rooting; Morphological evolution; Outgroup rooting; Phylogenetic bias; Phylogeny; rbcL; Species delimitation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID;

ALGAE, GREEN; DNA, ALGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; CAULERPALES; CODIUM;

EID: 34249666092     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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